Home Office

Passports: Scotland

Pamela Nash: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident within the ML postcode area were (a) issued with passports for collection and (b) called for interviews at offices outside Scotland in each of the last four years for which information is available.

James Brokenshire: On (a), the information is not held in the format requested and the cost of obtaining it would be disproportionate. On (b), an applicant attending an interview is provided with options on both date of interview and location.

Passports

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance she has issued to applicants for passports on the likely processing time for such applications.

James Brokenshire: The website provides advice to applicants on the expected processing times for passport applications made in the UK and provides overseas applicants on a country-by-country basis with the minimum period it may take for their application to be processed.

Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Convictions

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of possession of an illegal substance, by class of substance, since 2010.

Mike Penning: The number of offenders found guilty and sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for offences of possession of a controlled drug, broken down by class of drug, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013, can be viewed in the table. 



Offenders found guilty
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